Sunbonnet.



11L E. BALDWIN.

SUNBONNET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 30. 1906.

Patented May 24, 1910.

[M oomPNins. WASHINGTON n c MARY E. BALDWIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SUN BONNET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 30, 1906.

Patented May 24, 1910.

Serial No. 345,703.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY E. BALDWIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illino1s, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sunbonnets, of which thefollowing, taken in connection with-the drawing, is a description,

My invention has for its object the production of a bonnet designed forwomens and childrens wear, which shall be light, cheap and simple inconstruction, and one which afiords many advantages over the old stylestarched bonnets heretofore used.

This bonnet is particularly desirable for use as an outing bonnet, andis constructed with a head piece preferably of Japanese straw which isnot affected by dampness as are the starehed bonnets.

One of the principal features embodied in my improved bonnet resides inthe use of the matting head piece and the means employed therein forventilation, and also the means provided to facilitate hearing.

A great objection to bonnets as heretofore constructed has been the factthat they fit closely over the ears of the wearer and ob struct sounds.In my improved bonnet I provide apertures through the head piece in aposition directly opposite the wearers ears, thereby producing a bonnetwhich overcomes the aforesaid objection entirely.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, and inwhich like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, I haveillustrated one form of device embodying the essential features of myinvention, although the same may be carried into effect in other wayswithout departing from the spirit thereof, and in the drawing the figurerepresents a perspective view of a bonnet embodying my improvements.

In carrying out my invention A is the head piece of the bonnet, theoutside of which is preferably made of Japanese straw matting which maybe first steamed and pressed to toughen the fiber thereof. This headpiece A is crescent shaped as shown in the drawing and is provided witha lining a of any desired material which is cut the same shape as thematting portion, but sufficiently larger to permit of it being turnedover and bound around the rough edges of the straw head piece A. Thestraw matting portion A, together with the lining a is provided withapertures a therethrough, to permit a circulation of air around the headof the wearer, thus overcoming one of the greatest objections to thestarched bonnets in which there is no ventilation. At the two corners ofthe head piece A I arrange a plurality of these apertures at a pointwhich will come directly opposite the ears of the wearer, whichfacilitates hearing as well as affording ventilation.

B is a crown which may be of silk, cotton, linen or like material, cutsufficiently large to permit of the same being gathered at the top as atb where it is secured to the matting portion A. The skirt C of thebonnet is gathered and secured to the crown B and to the ends of thematting portion A as shown. Strings D are secured to the ends of thehead piece A and are held in position by the stitching which secures theother parts of the bonnet to the matting A.

The bonnet may be trimmed in any way to suit the wearer, as for instanceby a ruffle a arranged as shown in the drawing.

It will be observed that I have provided bonnet of such construction asnot to obscure the side view of the wearer as in sun bonnets asheretofore constructed and I have provided one which is extremely light,cool, and cheap in its construction, and by using the straw matting forthe head piece A of the bonnet it never becomes flimsy as is always thecase with a starohed bonnet in a very short time, especially if exposedto dampness.

I do not desire to be limited to the size of the bonnet here shown orthe particular style thereof, as some of the details may be variedwithout departing from the spirit of my in vention, which consistsessentially in providing a head piece of such shape that it will be aprotection to the face without obscuring the side view of the wearer,and to provide means for ventilation as well as to facilitate hearing.

I claim:

A sun bonnet comprising a crescent shaped head piece of flexiblewashable material, a fabric lining corresponding in shape to the headpiece and secured thereto, eyelets per- In Witness whereof I have signedthis manently affixed through said head piece specification in thepresence of two sub- 10 and lining to afford ventilating means scribingWitnesses.

therein, a fabric crown secured between the ends of said crescent, askirt portion secured MARY BALDWVIN' to said crown and meeting the endsof the lyitnessesz crescent, and fastening strings, substantially SADIEE. HALL,

as described. I C. S. CORNING.

